The assurances provided through Security Council resolution 984 (1995) were insufficient to meet the legitimate needs of non-nuclear-weapon States in that area: given that certain States were continuing to entertain the notion of nuclear dissuasion and even the possibility of the pre-emptive use of force, it was essential to launch negotiations on a legally binding instrument which would effectively protect non-nuclear-weapon States from the use or threat of use of such weapons.
Las garantías dadas mediante la resolución 984 (1995) del Consejo de Seguridad no son suficientes para atender a las exigencias legítimas en la materia de los Estados no poseedores de armas nucleares. Habida cuenta de que algunos Estados siguen confiando en la disuasión nuclear e incluso prevén hoy la posibilidad de recurrir a la fuerza con fines preventivos, es preciso iniciar negociaciones sobre un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante que proteja eficazmente a los Estados no poseedores de armas nucleares contra el empleo o la amenaza del empleo de esas armas.